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French Water Gypsies
« on: Thursday 14 July 16 13:56 BST (UK) »
I was told that my ancestors on my Mums side were water gypsies from France family name of
Margrie but i can not find any trace ,i can only find the name from Brigport Dorset

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Re: French Water Gypsies
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 14 July 16 14:36 BST (UK) »
Hi

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

If you put up some names and dates people may be able to help you further.

The surname Margrie was first seen in Suffolk. One of the earliest examples of the name was found in a French Church in the  London registers and was a Huguenot refugee.

Possibly tracing the family back may reveal some French ancestry

Claire
Luce, Tippett , Thomson, Dolling ~ Devon & Cornwall
Mocquard ~ London, France
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Re: French Water Gypsies
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 14 July 16 14:55 BST (UK) »
Hi Claire
have you and links to the church records

Tony

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Re: French Water Gypsies
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 14 July 16 15:04 BST (UK) »
Try using familysearch.org that is a free website, some of the French Church records are on there.

They are also on Ancestry a sub site and FindMyPast, another sub site.

I just did a search on Google for any instances of the name.

Most of my French ancestry has been researched with the above sites. If you do manage to find a French link and where your ancestors originated there are French BMD online too.

If you need any help, there are plenty of us on here willing to help :)

Claire
Luce, Tippett , Thomson, Dolling ~ Devon & Cornwall
Mocquard ~ London, France
Census info is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: French Water Gypsies
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 14 July 16 18:38 BST (UK) »
Geneanet is a French site. There are trees and records of various sorts available, although you may have to become a member to take advantage of them.; http://en.geneanet.org/search/?name=margrie&ressource=arbre
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